I have pretty souped up hardware and Logos 6 runs like a drunken pig in a Windows 7 Virtual Machine, even though it has memory to spare and does not appear to peg the CPU. Logos 5 was very fast in the same VM. I do not experience the slowdown on any of my other programs in that same VM (including three dimensional animated graphics). I suspect that the new version does something odd in the way that it handles a few specific tasks. I considered attaching a debugger or profiling tools to see what is happening, but that is overly time consuming; especially without debug information and source code.

Just wanted to mention that with the last update of Logos to version 6.0b SR-1, that whole poor behavior in a Windows Virtual Machine with a 64-bit Fedora Linux host is now gone! Thank you Logos for fixing that!

The bright side is that I did not update my Logos - too much money for too little use. I have an installation on one of my hard drives with Windows on it, but I rarely use it. I'm thinking about getting a portable device with Windows 10 on it, maybe Logos will run on that. I'd rather read on a full size screen though, so the portable device will have to have a output for a monitor.

Logos was the best choice when I made it, but I have moved on and will visit once in a rare while. Still nothing does what Logos does, I just wish it would work on DOS Box or WINE. I think I will install Windows 7 on a V-Box virtual system inside Linux.

I still would rather have a native system even if it was just like Logos 2.0.

Ubuntu is free open source software. You may make copies of the Ubuntu operating system at no charge, and you may install Ubuntu to any compatible machine. It is also legal to modify Linux and Ubuntu for your own purpose and redistribution, as long as you comply with the GPL license.

OSX is commercially licensed. All Apple hardware comes with a free OSX license. New versions of OS X are free, but in other to upgrade you need a version of OS X above Snow Leopard (10.6) and proper hardware. The Apple license is quite restrictive, making it illegal to copy, modify, redistribute, or install on non-Apple hardware. However, unlike other commercial operating systems like Windows and QNX, there is no 'activation' or other DRM built in. The underlying System, Darwin, is free open source Software.

I finally switched over to Linux, using Mint 17.1. So I had to switch to E-Sword, The Word and Analyzer 4. They all work on Linux. Maybe, just maybe someday Logos will throw out a Beta that we all could test for them. Keep looking up.

By the fact that you are using E-Sword and theWord, that tells me you are not afraid of WINE.

While I would absolutely love to see Logos work in Linux, whether via WINE or Native, you should know that both WORDSearch (with IE7 installed) and Accordance both work very well in WINE, if you would like something more power than the aforementioned software. Although there are still some resources in BA that you cannot get in any other software, so I continue to use that as well.

What might be worth the investment is to see if you can get someone to tweak Wine enough to get the Windows version of Logos 6 to run on Linux. Wine appears to have missing dependencies necessary for Logos 6 to install and run.

The Cloud is ideal for Chromebooks, but many Linux users are in countries where the internet speed isn't that good. Needing access to the Cloud also may limit one's mobility if not having internet access at any location. Of course, internet access is essential for Chromebooks.

In 2011, "there are [were] already hundreds of apps for Chromebooks that support working offline,"

Some of the over 600 Chrome apps that are already confirmed to work offline are:

The Huffington post

NPR for Chrome

Multitask

Super Mario Bros. Crossover

Good Food

Vector Paint

Chromapaper

Offline Dictionary

iScribe Tools (a suite of editing, HTML, and paint tools)

Fiabee

Read Later Fast (saves web sites for offline use)

8-Bit Hits

Scriblr

Pillarbox

Solitaire Online

Zoho Writer

These are just a few, and the list is growing every day as more apps convert to the new HTML5 coding.

I only use Windows for Logos now. Windows Office is much better for many things (like legal briefs) than OpenOffice and other substitute programs.

I am just sick and tired of virus attacks and paying for a program to convert file formats, or to do a one-time job. With Linux, I have built-in pdf support, I can convert graphic and audio formats and my home computer - used also as a media server has been in operation without shutting off or rebooting for THREE years - it draws only 7 watts as it's a low power computer. It runs the latest version of GNOME 3 and serves as a media and file server for my home.

I have no problem paying for programs, or books, I just love the robustness of Linux. I probably would buy more books from Logos if I could read them with Logos program where they really shine. I have access in biblia and on android (also Linux).

The Cloud is ideal for Chromebooks, but many Linux users are in countries where the internet speed isn't that good. Needing access to the Cloud also may limit one's mobility if not having internet access at any location. Of course, internet access is essential for Chromebooks.

Perry, I have a Chromebook Pixel 2 and just installed the Arc Welder extension for Chrome, which allows Android apps to run on a chromebook. I installed the Logos Bible! app successfully and have downloaded maybe 300 or more of my books. They all work offline.

I'm running the Logos app and Vyrso app on an Android phone. Both allow you to read Logos books, but they don't have the full functionality of Logos/Libronix running on Windows or Mac. I haven't tried to run the Android version on Linux, but apparently it runs on Chrome OS with Arc Welder from what others are saying.